Re: Slowness of Proxied Pages

["Debra Flewelling" <flewellingd@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hello,
We also experience slower response time using the proxy rewrite access (mainly with the Ebsco databases).  For that reason we now provide separate links for on and off campus.  
We did report this to III when we first starting using proxy rewrite but at that time we also experienced problems when using an asterisk in a search (*).  Ebsco has now corrected that problem but the slow response time still remains.  
I was wondering if it would have anything to do with our server being old and needing an upgrade or replacing.


Debra Flewelling
IT Librarian
Douglas College Library
Tel: (604) 527-5190
Fax: (604) 527-5193

>>> Jean-Marc.Edwards@xxxxxxxxxx 03/19/03 06:13AM >>>
Hi everyone,

At Concordia University Libraries (Montreal) we are experiencing the
same problem.

Due to the performance problem of the Innovative proxy rewrite (at least
we seem to think that it is caused by the proxy rewrite) we have decided
to provide 2 URLs for the databases that caused serious problems. We
provide a non-proxy URL for local access and a proxy URL for
off-campus.  See for example how we implemented this
http://library.concordia.ca/collections/abi.html 
It seems that not all our databases experience that slowness.

At the moment we are building a PHP/MySQL database web application that
will replace out static HTML pages. This application will detect from
where the connection comes from. If it comes from off campus we will
provide a non-proxy URL to the user; otherwise they will get the proxy
URL. We have decided to do that due to the performance problem of the
proxied URLs.

I would also be interested in hearing from other sites if they
experience a similar problem.

Jean-Marc Edwards
Assistant-Director, Systems / Directeur-adjoint, Systèmes
Concordia University Libraries, Montréal, (Qc), Canada
tel: (514) 848-7732 fax: (514) 848-4244
email: jean-marc.edwards@xxxxxxxxxx 

"Helwig, Ruth M." wrote:

> We have noticed the same thing and have reported it to III.
>
> Ruth Helwig
>
> Library Systems
>
> Central Michigan University
>
> Park 305
>
> 300 E Preston St
>
> Mount Pleasant MI 48859
>
> Phone: (989) 774-2404
>
> Fax: (989) 774-2656
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Cook [mailto:cookrl@xxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 10:21 AM
> To: innopac@xxxxxxxxxx 
> Subject: Slowness of Proxied Pages
>
> Please let me know if you have experienced the following and what, if
> any, remedy you found.
> Ever since we started using proxy rewrite there has been extreme
> slowness in drawing screens, browsing from one set of records to
> another, and downloading full text files.
> The slowness does not happen when linking directly, i.e., non-proxied
> links.
> Any suggested solution would be appreciated, as there has been no
> resolution from Innovative to my trouble report call placed over one
> month ago.
> Thank you.
> Robert L. Cook
>
> Assistant to the Director
> Noreen Reale Falcone Library
> Le Moyne College
> 1419 Salt Springs Road
> Syracuse, NY  13214-1399
> (315) 445-4320
>
> (315) 445-4642 FAX
>
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